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  • kashania: Now I’m listening to the Todesverkundigung. Divine! For those who missed the link, it’s well... 7:56 PM
  • luvtennis: Just finished listening to the ’39 Trovatore from Covent Garden with Bjoerling and Cigna. I have... 7:52 PM
  • kashania: Glad you liked it, Valkyrietta. I just went back to the “hoyotohos&# 8221; again (I was listening... 7:52 PM
  • pasavant: Let’s put lamp shades on our heads and start a Koanga Line! 6:38 PM
  • mia apulia: I am surprised at how moving this is, all the more sad… 6:25 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: Helen starts at 1.40. httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=K-oU i7YzZ-Y 5:40 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: youtube is being difficult httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=-tZO uRRgde4 5:31 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: A light interlude with one of the most fabulous Brünhildes that ever graced an opera stage. Helen... 5:29 PM

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This just landed in La Cieca’s inbox:  “We regret to inform you that Lyric Opera of Chicago season is in peril. Yesterday Lyric advised us that if we do not accept their one year demand for a two week reduction of employment, an elimination of wage parity with the orchestra, and an additional 5.2 % reduction in salaries that they will lock out AGMA members on Monday, August 22, 2011.” Read more »